Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-11 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 9, 2003 11:52 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Wednesday 10 September 2003 02:56, Tom Brinkman wrote: > >HarM, post the link you posted to the 'other' list ;) > > Here it is: > > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/triade/grounding.html > > have fun:

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-11 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 18:10, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: If you tried it you would know whether or not it's working in a few seconds. If it's not working just hit "Ctrl+c" to kill it. I just tried it, renaming the rc1 iso to rc2. Here's the command (I left '--pro

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 18:10, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > If you tried it you would know whether or not it's working in a few > seconds. If it's not working just hit "Ctrl+c" to kill it. I just tried it, renaming the rc1 iso to rc2. Here's the command (I left '--progress' in just to be saf

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 09:55, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: You need to get familiar with rsync. Navigate to the directory with the partial downloads and run this from the command line: rsync -Pv --stats --progress ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD*

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** Greg Meyer Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:18:31 -0400 : > You can fix the iso's with rsynch without downloading all of them > again. Instructions here: > > http://cybercfo.gkmweb.com/rsync-mandrakeiso.html Thanks, but I found a nice person who will send the CDs tomorrow. But I'll keep all good advice

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 03:34 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > *** Wolfgang Bornath Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:32:40 +0200 : > > > I chose nluug because Thorsten reported it as a good source. But both > > connections timed out at the same time during my coffee break. :( > > > > Good thing is that t

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2 (sorry, length)

2003-09-10 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 10, 2003 02:29 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > *** James Sparenberg Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:31:54 -0700 : > > I've had luck using gftp to restart a download that Moz had > > aborted. when I started the download if found the original and > > asked

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 12:31, James Sparenberg wrote: > Of course you can always just set the new main contrib etc etc urpmi > "points" for your install and just run urpmi --auto --auto-select No > need to re-install .. you'll have final. (no disks but final) I did > that from 9.0 to 9.1

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Michael Lothian
At least it's designed for sharing. And I also seem to remember downloading the new tomb raider film with bittorrent and the buffy eps before they were released in the UK. It's all a matter of what you share. Mike Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** Michael Lothian Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:52:02 +0100 :

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** Michael Lothian Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:52:02 +0100 : > What I don't get is why it isn't shared using MLDonkey or xMule as > this kinda makes people have to share the files once they're > downloaded - unlike bittorrent. I have a feeling htat most people who > use it stop thw upload as soon as it

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** Wolfgang Bornath Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:13:18 +0200 : > I looked at the logs and gftp showed a cache of 1.2GB. Which was the > reason my home partition was full! > > Now gftp-log shows "Error: Unvalid line in cache index file" > Logfile is growing by the second! WTF! I cleaned out the index fi

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Michael Lothian
What I don't get is why it isn't shared using MLDonkey or xMule as this kinda makes people have to share the files once they're downloaded - unlike bittorrent. I have a feeling htat most people who use it stop thw upload as soon as it all downloads. You'd also find bit torrent would be a whole

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** James Sparenberg Wed, 10 Sep 2003 03:31:24 -0700 : > Of course you can always just set the new main contrib etc etc urpmi > "points" for your install and just run urpmi --auto --auto-select No > need to re-install .. you'll have final. (no disks but final) I did > that from 9.0 to 9.1 on th

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 01:23, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > *** Brant Fitzsimmons Wed, 10 Sep 2003 03:55:31 -0400 : > > > Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > > > > You need to get familiar with rsync. Navigate to the directory with > > > the partial downloads and run this from the command line: > > > > >

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** James Sparenberg Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:31:54 -0700 : > I've had luck using gftp to restart a download that Moz had aborted. > when I started the download if found the original and asked what I > wanted to do with resume as the recommended option. Same here! You saved my day! Now I'm trying

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** Brant Fitzsimmons Wed, 10 Sep 2003 03:55:31 -0400 : > Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > > You need to get familiar with rsync. Navigate to the directory with > > the partial downloads and run this from the command line: > > > > rsync -Pv --stats --progress > > ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/M

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 09:55, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > You need to get familiar with rsync. Navigate to the directory with > > the partial downloads and run this from the command line: > > > > rsync -Pv --stats --progress > > ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD* > >

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** Wolfgang Bornath Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:32:40 +0200 : I chose nluug because Thorsten reported it as a good source. But both connections timed out at the same time during my coffee break. :( Good thing is that the ncftp download resumed at the

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** Wolfgang Bornath Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:32:40 +0200 : I chose nluug because Thorsten reported it as a good source. But both connections timed out at the same time during my coffee break. :( Good thing is that the ncftp download resumed at the breakpoint and it's almost

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** Wolfgang Bornath Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:32:40 +0200 : > I chose nluug because Thorsten reported it as a good source. But both > connections timed out at the same time during my coffee break. :( > > Good thing is that the ncftp download resumed at the breakpoint and > it's almost done now (runni

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 23:32, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > *** H.J.Bathoorn H.J.Bathoorn Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:26:09 +0200 : > > > On Wednesday 10 September 2003 07:16, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > > I'm just d'ling CD1+2 from the NL mirror which Thorsten reported to > > > be ok (nluug). > > > > My per

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-10 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 08:32, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > I thought you have cafés in NL, too? And morning papers? Yeah, but the bread is usually horrible if you've gotten used to the German choices. Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** H.J.Bathoorn H.J.Bathoorn Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:26:09 +0200 : > On Wednesday 10 September 2003 07:16, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > I'm just d'ling CD1+2 from the NL mirror which Thorsten reported to > > be ok (nluug). > > My personal experience is that the surfnet one is more reliable but > tha

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 07:16, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > I'm just d'ling CD1+2 from the NL mirror which Thorsten reported to be > ok (nluug). My personal experience is that the surfnet one is more reliable but that might have changed in time. > Both downloads are running at 90.1kB/s right

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** Thorsten von Plotho-Kettner Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:32:29 +0200 : > I took my Mozilla and downloaded from a server in the Netherlands [1], > did a fine job. Seems to be the server then. I may have picked the 2 servers which have broken ISOs as James pointed out. I just came back from breakfast a

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 02:56, Tom Brinkman wrote: >HarM, post the link you posted to the 'other' list ;) Here it is: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/triade/grounding.html have fun:o) > >No damn boat, pretty good size ship! Maybe you could contract > some dredging as an affiliate vent

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** H.J.Bathoorn H.J.Bathoorn Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:28:01 +0200 : > Say "aye" and give me your adress I'll send you a copy of CD1 and 2 > (didn't dwl CD3 -sorry). No problem whatsoever. > From NL it should be at your adress on Thursday or Friday at the most. > > BTW I dloaded from the dutch surfnet

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** Greg Meyer Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:07:43 -0400 : > On Tuesday 09 September 2003 02:00 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > I just tried 3 times to d'l the first ISO of RC2. First I used the > > browser (Mozilla) with a German mirror (ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de). The > > download stopped at 50KB left(!) and

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread lorne
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 11:00 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Hi, > > I just tried 3 times to d'l the first ISO of RC2. First I used the > browser (Mozilla) with a German mirror (ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de). The > download stopped at 50KB left(!) and tiemd out. Trying to resume failed > because the b

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 12:55, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Tuesday 09 September 2003 20:48, Charlie M. wrote: > > Howdy; > > > > Have you a set of ISOs from the last release still? If so you can rename > > them and rsync them with the mirror of your choice to save at least > > some bandwidth. > > > > Gr

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 11:00, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Hi, > > I just tried 3 times to d'l the first ISO of RC2. First I used the > browser (Mozilla) with a German mirror (ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de). The > download stopped at 50KB left(!) and tiemd out. Trying to resume failed > because the browser to

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday September 9 2003 04:38 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > Heheheh, Charlie buy yourself a boat, get grounded (accidentally) > at high tide and enjoy the peace and quiet (and if you took > some meat along: the barbecue). > > I can recommend it:o) > Don't do it in the hurricane season though! > >

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday September 9 2003 04:54 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > Never mind. I seem to have fallen into a loop of dependency hell > here. kdnetwork blahbla.32 needs kdenetworkblahblah.32 > Installation failed. Try a differnet mirror. I often update successfully from club-internet.fr when sunet is fs

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday September 9 2003 04:45 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > September 9, 2003 03:02 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Tuesday September 9 2003 01:34 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > > From NL it should be at your adress on Thursday or Friday at > > > the mo

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 02:00 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > I just tried 3 times to d'l the first ISO of RC2. First I used the > browser (Mozilla) with a German mirror (ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de). The > download stopped at 50KB left(!) and tiemd out. Trying to resume failed > because the browser t

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 9, 2003 03:45 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > Will that command you provided above work against my local (hdb5) > cooker? It should right? > > Thank you. > > Charlie Never mind. I seem to have fallen into a loop of dependency hell here. kdnetwork

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 9, 2003 03:02 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Tuesday September 9 2003 01:34 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > From NL it should be at your adress on Thursday or Friday at the > > most. > > > > OOps, withdrawing that: I dloaded RC1. > > Sticking head

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 23:10, Charlie M. wrote: > Gotta hurry away again so I can get close enough to started so that I'll > feel I'm making at least _some_ headway. Some *hobby* I picked. > > Peace; > Charlie Heheheh, Charlie buy yourself a boat, get grounded (accidentally) at high tide a

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 9, 2003 01:55 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Tuesday 09 September 2003 20:48, Charlie M. wrote: > > Howdy; > > > > Have you a set of ISOs from the last release still? If so you can > > rename them and rsync them with the mirror of your choice t

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday September 9 2003 01:34 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > From NL it should be at your adress on Thursday or Friday at the > most. > > OOps, withdrawing that: I dloaded RC1. > Sticking head in toilet and flushing.. > > Good luck, > HarM There's been a sh!+load of updates since RC2. Just update

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 20:48, Charlie M. wrote: > Howdy; > > Have you a set of ISOs from the last release still? If so you can rename > them and rsync them with the mirror of your choice to save at least > some bandwidth. > > Greg Meyer did a "mini tutorial" on doing that. A link can be found

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 9, 2003 12:00 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Hi, > > I just tried 3 times to d'l the first ISO of RC2. First I used the > browser (Mozilla) with a German mirror (ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de). The > download stopped at 50KB left(!) and tiemd out. Try

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Thorsten von Plotho-Kettner
Hello. Am Dienstag, 9. September 2003 20:00 schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: > I just tried 3 times to d'l the first ISO of RC2. First I used the > browser (Mozilla) with a German mirror (ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de). The > download stopped at 50KB left(!) and tiemd out. Trying to resume failed > because the

[expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Hi, I just tried 3 times to d'l the first ISO of RC2. First I used the browser (Mozilla) with a German mirror (ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de). The download stopped at 50KB left(!) and tiemd out. Trying to resume failed because the browser told me that the files are identical. md5sum check failed! Then I

Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2

2003-09-09 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 20:00, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Hi, > > I just tried 3 times to d'l the first ISO of RC2. First I used the > browser (Mozilla) with a German mirror (ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de). The > download stopped at 50KB left(!) and tiemd out. Trying to resume failed > because the brow